I squeezed my eyes shut. “No.” I was being a dick. I knew it. But I just…couldn’t… Bonnie laid her head on my arm again. It was funny. She was acting no different from all the other times, but now I could see how tired she was getting. Or maybe she was just letting me see her as she truly was. She didn’t have to pretend anymore. Unlike me. My fingers started moving, her words circling like vultures in my head. “I loved the piece you played that night. The one you didn’t finish…”

